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1. A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein.
2. a coloring material obtained from lichens that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions; used as a very rough acid-base indicator

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